Bailey, who was making his first appearance since returning from the disabled list, gave up a run on Paul Konerko's solo homer, but also struck out a batter and was otherwise not touched. He threw 11 pitches and his ERA is at 2.03. 

The Red Sox do not want to use Bailey on back-to-back nights this early in his return from a biceps injury. 

Santiago struck out nine, but wasn't very economical throwing 107 pitches over six innings. Meanwhile, Clay Buchholz was whirling another gem. 

The Chicago starter gave up two runs on three hits and four walks. His ERA is a solid 2.81 on the year. Santiago hasn't won a game since his only victory on May 2 at Texas. That said, he's been solid nearly every time out with 42 strikeouts over 41 2/3 innings. 

Harper went the other way to open up the scoring, with a solo home run in the sixth inning. He added a double in the 10th inning and eventually came around to score the winning run, in a 2-1 game.

Harper went 2 for 5 in the game with one RBI and two runs scored. He struck out once. He is now hitting .288 on the season with 12 home runs, 23 RBI and a .994 on-base plus slugging percentage. 

Buchholz improved to 7-0 with a 1.73 ERA as his dominant season continued. He gave up just one earned run on five hits and three walks over 113 pitches. He struck out four and his ERA dropped from 1.78.

After three straight no-decisions, Buchholz got back on the winning track Wednesday. He'll look to keep that up and move to 8-0 when he next takes the ball Monday against Philadelphia. 

With manager Joe Girardi starting him in the leadoff spot of the order, Granderson immediately got things going with a single off Jason Hammel. He followed that with his first extra-base hit of the year, a double.

Granderson then really started to sizzle with a solo homer off Hammel in the fifth inning. He even walked in his last plate appearance. Granderson went 3 for 3 with a walk and a run scored with his first HR of the year. His average is now at .269 as he hopes to put his struggles behind him. 

Gonzalez started the game off with a solo home run in the first inning, and added an RBI triple in the third. He then scored on a wild pitch to close out the scoring for the Rockies. He went 2 for 4 overall in the game, with a pair of RBI and a pair of runs scored.

Gonzalez is hitting .302 with a .977 on-base plus slugging percentage. 

The switch-hitting catcher went 2 for 4 in the game with the three RBI. He's batting .230. Wieters has three homers over his last nine games with eight RBI over that span. He's up to 26 RBI on the year.  

Davis homered for the 14th time this season to take over the American League lead. That came in the first inning for a two-run shot off Hiroki Kuroda. Davis finished going 4 for 4 in the game with two RBI and two runs scored. 

The perfect performance at the plate raises Davis' average to .329, which ranks him among the top 10 in the AL. His 43 RBI are second. He's also ninth in walks (24) and leading in slugging percentage (.690). 

Davis has homers in three of his last five games, has multiple hits in four of his last six and has 10 RBI over his last 10 contests. 

Melancon, who entered the game with 16 holds, earned his first save despite allowing the winning run to reach base with one out. But two pop flies to second base to end the threat and the game.

Melancon allowed a hit and struck out one batter, who reached based on a wild pitch. He needed 22 pitches to finish the save.

Melancon has an 0.72 ERA in 25 appearances, with 26 strikeouts and a walk in 25 innings.

The No. 3 hitter, who sometimes leads off, went 1 for 4 and is batting .292. Markakis has hit in nine of his last 10 games and has five multiple-hit games over that span with six RBI. He has 23 RBI and 26 runs scored on the season.